Art is my favorite way to communicate science. It’s the language that transcends boundaries. For the past couple of months, I have been working with…
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Wendy Schmidt XPRIZE is an awesome win for ocean health, ocean science and ocean technology
If I ever meet Wendy Schmidt in person, it’s probably going to be awkward. I’ll be doing my best to not instantaneously bear hug this…
View More Wendy Schmidt XPRIZE is an awesome win for ocean health, ocean science and ocean technologyEpic Science Raps of History – A teaser
It all started on a perfect San Diego summer night, Taco Tuesday to be exact (For those of you who don’t live in the local area,…
View More Epic Science Raps of History – A teaserFuture Shark: Living in an Ocean on the Brink
Last week Discovery Channel successfully botched yet another Shark Week. Big surprise there. Don’t get me wrong, there were some (and by some I mean…
View More Future Shark: Living in an Ocean on the BrinkCoral reefs, let's unzip your genes.
How will coral reefs respond to climate change? Well, let’s start with an analogy. Suppose you pick an arbitrary time of day, choose a random…
View More Coral reefs, let's unzip your genes.From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Fisheries
Anthropogenic climate change has been hypothesized for centuries (discussed in Le Treut 2007) before the careful measurements of scientists in the mid-20th century. From 1833…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and FisheriesGraduate Research Opportunity in Coral Bleaching and Ocean Acidification
Passing along a solicitation for what looks like a very interesting (and timely) research opportunity at The Ohio State University. You can also learn more…
View More Graduate Research Opportunity in Coral Bleaching and Ocean AcidificationOcean acidification is evil: a not-so-great poem
Ocean acidification is evil. Ocean species expect great upheaval. Horrific for survival, expect no survival Second worst for calcification, what an abomination! Dire but better…
View More Ocean acidification is evil: a not-so-great poemNot Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral Reefs
When you’re in the biodiversity conservation biz for any significant length of time, you inevitably develop a thick skin to grim pronouncements of ecosystem collapse…
View More Not Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral ReefsWhy ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineering
Among scientists, geoengineering tends to be greeted with mirth and scorn. Implying that we can reliably manipulate the planet’s life-support systems seems to many to…
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